History Main / GunNut

* Marty [=McChicken=], the second half of the eponymous duo in ''VideoGame/ChickenPolice'' is a major gun enthusiast. He's [[ICallItVera named]] all his guns and according to his partner Sunny, he refers to them as his "harem".

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* American actor/civil rights activist Creator/CharltonHeston was such a fan of firearms he became the President of the National Rifle Association in 1998. He (in)famously said you could only take his gun "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_my_cold,_dead_hands From my cold, dead hands]].".
* Many, MANY gun enthusiasts exist on Website/YouTube, such as Paul Harrell, [=IraqVeteran8888=], Demolition Ranch, Steve Reichart, [=Hickok45=], Colion Noir (who is African American), Chris Cheng (who is Chinese - American and openly gay), Gabby Franco, Kirsten Joy Weiss, Michelle Viscusi (all female), and the people at FPSRUSSIA ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsfaqLN6-iA Americans]] pretending to be Russians).
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Cooper/ Colonel Jeff Cooper]] (1920-2006), a veteran of WWII and the Korean War, dedicated much of his life to studying and teaching marksmanship skills to military, law enforcement, and civilians alike. He is considered the pioneer of modern handgun shooting. He was also very strong on UsefulNotes/GunSafety, and codified the "Four Rules of Gun Safety".
* Music/TedNugent is possibly the most (in)famous example of this in all of music and pop culture, thanks to his massive gun collection, his activism against gun control laws, and his time spent as a former board of directors member of the National Rifle Association.
* Author Creator/RobertHeinlein, for whom we have the quote "An armed society is a polite society."
* Creator/BradPitt, who in a 2015 interview said that he has been training with firearms "since kindergarten."
* Creator/RLeeErmey was such a gun nut, he even had ''two'' shows on Creator/TheHistoryChannel about guns. ''Mail Call'', which lasted seven years, featured him [[ExcusePlot reading people's questions]] about guns (as well as other military-related questions, usually involving explosions), then going down to a military base and getting TriggerHappy as he explained the weapon. ''Lock N' Load'' was a short series where he talked about the history of various guns (and tanks, knives, artillery) and then went [[{{Pun}} ballistic]] on watermelons.
* Creator/LarryCorreia is even more of one than his books would indicate. He used to hold a Federal Firearms License (allowing him to operate a business that involves firearms) and was licensed as a Title 7 Special Occupational Taxpayer (allowing him to possess machine guns registered since 1986 as part of his business, among other things).
* A little about EagleLand for those from other parts of the world: the United States is quite an outlier in the developing world for gun ownership, but not because guns are universal in the US. There are approximately enough privately-owned guns in the US for each person in the nation to have a gun, but only 30% of US households have any at all. About 9% of households have 5 or more guns. As a result, gun ownership follows a skewed distribution, with owning no guns being far more common, owning a single gun being next most common, and then the numbers going down quickly. However, those who own many guns considerably skew the per-capita ownership of guns upward, with some wealthy individuals even owning collections of hundreds or ''thousands'' of guns. The US is a nation where gun ownership is not uncommon, but the per capita number of firearms is heavily influenced by the gun nuts.[[note]]It is well worth noting that accurate numbers regarding firearms ownership in the U.S. are all but impossible to obtain and are likely far higher than 30%, as there is no federal registry for ownership, only a few states have such a registry (by far the easiest source for gleaning ownership data), and many, ''many'' gun owners are unwilling to disclose information regarding their personal property to researchers. [[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00127-023-02515-y See here for details]].[[/note]]
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* A little about EagleLand for those from other parts of the world: the United States is quite an outlier in the developing world for gun ownership, but not because guns are universal in the US. There are approximately enough privately-owned guns in the US for each person in the nation to have a gun, but only 30% of US households have any at all. About 9% of households have 5 or more guns. As a result, gun ownership follows a skewed distribution, with owning no guns being far more common, owning a single gun being next most common, and then the numbers going down quickly. However, those who own many guns considerably skew the per-capita ownership of guns upward, with some wealthy individuals even owning collections of hundreds or ''thousands'' of guns. The US is a nation where gun ownership is not uncommon, but the per capita number of firearms is heavily influenced by the gun nuts.[[note]]It is well worth noting that accurate numbers regarding firearms ownership in the U.S. are all but impossible to obtain and are likely far higher than 30%, as there is no federal registry for ownership, only a few states have such a registry (by far the easiest source for gleaning ownership data), and many, ''many'' gun owners are unwilling to disclose information regarding their personal property to researchers.[[/note]]

* Creator/RLeeErmey was such a gun nut, he even had ''two'' shows on Creator/TheHistoryChannel about guns. ''Mail Call'', which lasted seven years, featured him [[ExcusePlot reading people's questions]] about guns (as well as other military-related questions, usually involving explosions), then going down to a military base and getting TriggerHappy as he explained the weapon. ''Lock N' Load'' was a short series where he talked about the history of various guns (and tanks, knives, artillery) and then went [[IncrediblyLamePun ballistic]] on watermelons.

* ''Series/Reno911'': In "Concealed Carry Fashion Show", there is a fashion show dedicated to gun nuts, where the {{Fashion Model}}s all walk the runway, showing off both their clothes and [[GunPorn their guns]]. The announcer for the event even makes puns about it, such as when one of the models pulls two 9mm pistols and he jokes "[[SexinessScore She's a ten with a pair of nines!]]"

* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'':
** Sosuke is a major gun nut, as well as being rather TriggerHappy and storing large amounts of guns into HammerSpace.

* ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'s'' Isao Ota is essentially [[Film/PoliceAcademy Tackleberry]] with a HumongousMecha and TestosteronePoisoning.
* Shino Asada of ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''. She's a bit of a unique case, however: she's severely gun-phobic due to an incident with an armed robber when she was younger. She took up the hobby in an attempt to "face her fears" and conquer said phobia. It's not too effective, as she still freaks out upon seeing a real gun, or even a realistic model.

A character whose life [[{{Pun}} revolves]] around guns. They like to read about them, have memorized large amounts of facts about guns, know all the models and ammo types, subscribe to lots of gun magazines (the kind you read), are members of the [=NRA=], make frequent trips to the gun range, and have a [[WallOfWeapons large collection of them]]. Due to various laws regarding firearm ownership and use, the Gun Nut does not actually have to meet ''all'' these criteria, as long as they are truly obsessed with guns. When the [[RedScare Russians invade]] or the ZombieApocalypse occurs, you can expect this person to step up to the plate.

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/FPSRussia?feature=g-u FPS Russia]]

* A little about EagleLand for those from other parts of the world: the United States is quite an outlier in the developing world for gun ownership, but not because guns are universal in the US. There are approximately enough guns in the US for each person in the nation to have a gun, but only 30% of US households have any at all. About 9% of households have 5 or more guns. As a result, gun ownership follows a skewed distribution, with owning no guns being far more common, owning a single gun being next most common, and then the numbers going down quickly. However, those who own many guns considerably skew the per-capita ownership of guns upward. The US is a nation where gun ownership is not uncommon, but the per capita number of firearms is heavily influenced by the gun nuts.[[note]]It is well worth noting that accurate numbers regarding firearms ownership in the U.S. are all but impossible to obtain and are likely far higher than 30%, as there is no federal registry for ownership, only a few states have such a registry (by far the easiest source for gleaning ownership data), and many, ''many'' gun owners are unwilling to disclose information regarding their personal property to researchers.[[/note]]

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Cooper/ Colonel Jeff Cooper]] (1920-2006), a veteran of WWII and the Korean War, dedicated much of his life to studying and teaching marksmanship skills to military, law enforcement, and civilians alike. He is considered the pioneer of modern handgun shooting.

* Creator/BradPitt, who is a 2015 interview, said that he has been training with firearms "since kindergarten."